On Wednesday fire has started in Irkutsk building of military mapping factory, informed site of Baltic news service.
Fire, which started at secret object of Ministry of Defense at 04:00 a.m. by local time, was ranked as highest, 4-th level of difficulty. 16 fire fighting units participated in extinguishing of fire. At present moment fire is localized on area of 1750 sq. km.
By tentative version, the cause of ignition is overload of electric boiler, as a result of which high-tension cable burst into the flame.
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